Digger trucks drafted in to rescue people stranded in China floods

ZHENGZHOU, China: Workers driving construction vehicles rescued stranded residents and delivered food to those still trapped on Friday after days of torrential rain swamped the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou.

As floodwaters began to recede, rescuers in the city of 12 million used digger trucks, inflatable boats and other makeshift rafts to transport some residents to dry land and deliver provisions to others in high-rise apartment blocks. Zhengzhou, the capital city of populous Henan province, has borne the brunt of extreme wet weather in central China this week, receiving the equivalent of a year's worth of rain in just a few days.